Etymograph

English

endoderm

From endo- + -derm.

Formed from endo + derm

Proto-Indo-European *der- ‘to tear, tear apart’

Proto-Hellenic *dérō

Ancient Greek δέρω ‘to skin, flay’

Ancient Greek δέρμα ‘skin’

English derm

Today it means

noun One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.

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